 NEWS RELEASE
NATIONAL MARINE LIFE CENTER BREAKS NEW GROUND
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Today, the National Marine Life Center celebrates the groundbreaking for its new Life Support System Pumphouse and Utility Building. This project represents an important milestone for the organization, and the first phase of its new marine animal hospital. The Robert B. Our Company of Harwich is completing the site work. Barbato Construction of Middleboro is the General Contractor for the project. W.W. Reich, Inc. is serving as construction manager.(click for more) |
Sea Turtle Release!
Florence, Hibiscus, Jalepeño, Panaphil, and Rosemary
along with six additional turtles from partnering organizations
Were returned to their ocean home on
August 20, 2007!
Saving these Kemp's ridleys, who are members of the most
endangered sea turtle species in the world,
is a direct result of your support.
Us and our partners, MassAudubon
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, the New England Aquarium,
Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation, and
the NOAA Woods Hole Science Aquarium released the turtles
in Osterville, MA.
Thanks for your support!
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The tracks for the two tagged turtles released on the Cape on Monday are now available for viewing on Seaturtle.org at this link:
If that doesn't work then go to www.seaturtle.org and click on the satellite tracking option at the top of the left hand column.
You will have to agree to the terms of use and then scroll down to Cape Cod Sea Turtle Release 2007 (it is all the way at the bottom).
Thanks again to all who helped make this a fun and memorable event for the public and the rest of us who attended. |
View the loggerhead release slideshow by clicking the image below. |
Watch the sea turtle parade slideshow by clicking the image below. |
Experience the release slideshow by clicking the image below. |
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First
Seal Release for
the National Marine Life Center
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.
 On Monday, April 30, 2007
the National Marine Life Center (NMLC) plans to release its first seal patient
back to the wild. The seal is a three-foot, 65-pound
yearling male harp seal that stranded last month in Harwich
suffering from dehydration and patches of fur loss.
“We are thrilled to be sending
this little guy back to his home,” said Kathy
Zagzebski, NMLC President and Executive Director. “This
kind of success story is what the National Marine Life
Center is all about.”
NMLC’s veterinarian, Dr. Michele Sims,
initially prescribed fluids to rehydrate the seal and antibiotics
to address potential infection. After receiving final diagnostic
test results this week, Dr. Sims declared the animal in
good health and fit for release. “Dr. Sims and Brian
Moore, our Animal Care Coordinator, spent hours nursing
this little guy back to health,” explained Zagzebski. “They
and our animal care volunteers are excited to see the results
of their hard work.”
 Harp seals are named for the dark-colored,
harp-shaped fur pattern that adults develop. Adults migrate
between pupping grounds on pack ice off the coasts of Newfoundland
and Labrador to summer feeding grounds in the arctic. Juvenile
harp seals are often seen around Cape Cod during winter
and early spring.
The National Marine Life Center is a private,
non-profit hospital for stranded marine animals. Its mission
is to rehabilitate for release stranded sea turtles, seals,
dolphins, porpoises, and small whales, and to advance scientific
knowledge and education in marine wildlife health and ocean
conservation.
NMLC’s goals include rebuilding their
facility into a larger, state-of-the-art marine wildlife
hospital capable of caring for more animals in need.
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Seal
of Approval for a New Patient
By AARON GOUVEIA
and K.C. MYERS
STAFF WRITERS
BUZZARDS BAY - The National Marine Life Center is well known for
its sea turtles, but now seals can be added to the list.
The center has its first seal patient, a yearling, 3-foot, 60-pound
male harp seal rescued in Harwich by the Cape Cod Stranding Network
and taken to the center on March 13.
-Click Here To Read More-
NMLC admits 9 new patients!
 Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Nine endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are arriving at the National Marine Life Center on Tuesday, January 16, 2007. The turtles, which stranded on the Cape during October and November, 2006, were rescued by MassAudubon Wellfleet Bay and have been in critical care at the New England Aquarium. Now that they are out of the turtle “ICU,” the animals will continue their rehabilitation at NMLC’s Sea Turtle Clinic.
“We are pleased to care for this new batch of patients,” said Kathy Zagzebski, NMLC President and Executive Director. “Saving these critically-endangered animals is essential to ocean conservation. We’re thrilled to be working along side institutions such as the New England Aquarium and MassAudubon in the fight to save stranded sea turtles on Cape Cod.”
 The sea turtles are juveniles, an age class that commonly visits Cape Cod Bay and Nantucket Sound during summer months. All nine animals were suffering from cold-stunning, a form of hypothermia. {Read More}.
Press about our patients >>
 Welcome
to the National Marine Life Center.
A non-profit organization, the NMLC is dedicated to the rehabilitation
and release of stranded marine animals and to advancing scientific
knowledge and education in marine wildlife health and conservation.
With the public's help, we are creating a hospital to care for
the hundreds of dolphins, porpoises, whales, seals and sea turtles
that come ashore alive in need of care, and a science/education
center.
Currently we have an interim facility with two pools designed for
the care of cold-stunned turtles and stranded seals. We offer education
programs throughout the year and operate a Visitor Center during
the summer months.
Our building renovation plans show eight pools of different sizes
to treat the full range of marine animals that strand, spaces for
support services, and a marine animal discovery center.
We invite you to learn more about the animals in our care, about
marine animals and strandings,  and
about us by exploring this web site. And we invite you to join us
in creating the hospital and in caring for stranded marine animals.
A STRANDING HOT SPOT
The region is a stranding "hot spot"
More marine animals come ashore alive in this area than anywhere
else in North America.
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Ocean-lovers wanted!
People of all skill sets are needed to help save marine animals and educate children and the general public about ocean conservation.
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